Reply #27: That's a hilarious story.... [View All]

[av8rdave]

although I'm sure it didn't seem so at the time. The closest I had to that was riding back to Dallas from Big Bend country...it was near the end of an almost 600 mile day. As I was accelerating out of the last gas stop, a bee impacted right inside one of the fingers of my glove (I was wearing those "shorty" gloves). The bee was caught up in there and NOT happy - just stinging away. I kept taking my right hand off the throttle and beating on the finger trying to dispatch the bee....it took a lot of hits. The guys riding with me were laughing pretty hard when we were done - they were trying to figure out what in the world I was doing!

I never used chaps much until a stone hit me on the knee while doing about 75 some years ago. That literally brought tears to my eyes. The trip where the photo I posted was taken was in the Smokeys, where it was still getting a little chilly in the mornings/evenings, so I was glad I had them.

It would be fun to see some of your riding pics, if you run across any.